• Legislature

    Type of Legislature Texas has a part-time, bicameral legislature. House of Representatives: 150 members | 2-year terms Senate: 31 members…

  • Committee Oversight Authority

    House Rules “(a) By a record vote of not less than two-thirds of those present and voting, a quorum being…

  • Standing Committees Focused on Oversight

    House Committee on General Investigating Website Membership; jurisdiction; bills in committee; and meeting schedule, minutes, handouts, witness lists, and broadcast…

  • Committees with Jurisdictional Oversight Authority

    House Agriculture & Livestock Committee Website Membership; bills in committee; schedule; and meeting notices, minutes, handouts, witness lists, and videos…

  • Fiscal Committees

    House Committee on Appropriations Website Membership; jurisdiction; bills in committee; and meeting schedule, minutes, handouts, witness lists, and broadcast archives…

  • Oversight Partners

    Comptroller's Office Website Mission Statement "The Comptroller’s office serves virtually every citizen in the state. As Texas’ chief tax collector,…

  • Fiscal Data

    Office of the Texas Governor, Budget and Policy Division Budgets, state agency preparedness reports, agency cost estimates, cost allocation plans,…

  • Oversight in the News

    Texas legislative committee to investigate cause of Panhandle wildfires (Texas Tribune, 3/12/2024) Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has initiated a legislative…